The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we ...

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died. He was 97.

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...

James Watson, a renowned molecular biologist and one of the Nobel Prize winners for discovering the structure of DNA, died Thursday after a brief illness, according to a statement from his former ...

Often celebrated as a pioneer of genetics alongside Francis Crick, racist and sexist remarks tarnished his reputation in ...

Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation for the ...

The breakthrough - made when the brash, Chicago-born Watson was just 24 - turned him into a hallowed figure in the world of ...

After Democrats scored election victories, the president started talking about “affordability.” Unfortunately, his assessment ...

It has been more than a century since the Titanic sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. But the discovery of the ship ...

Report: Comcast hired Goldman Sachs & Morgan Stanley to help potentially formulate a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery's studios ...

Stargazers using telescopes should be able to see the object in the predawn sky beginning Nov. 11, according to EarthSky.

Researchers at the University of Hawai'i's Institute for Astronomy (IfA), led by Luke Benavitz and Jeffrey Reep, believe they ...